Resources and Support for Healing
SNAP issued a press statement today regarding a study from Baylor University on sexual abuse by faith leaders. I find many similarities between clergy/spiritual abuse and therapist abuse, particularly in my case, where there was a strong spiritual component in my therapy with Dr. T. I have a great deal of appreciation for the efforts …
Within 24 hours of receiving my first wake-up call (Good morning, Kristi. I’m calling to inform you that you’ve been physically, psychologically and spiritually desecrated for the past five years. Have a nice day!), I freaked out. Imagine what it would be like if someone told you that everything you believed about the past several …
So, after publishing that beast of a three-part post (“The Search for Healing”), I thought I’d give you a glimpse of what I’m actually going through right now. Tuesday morning (yesterday) I go to therapy. I talk for a little while about all the stuff that’s been coming up since my last session—all these amazing …
(Read The Search for Healing – Part 2) I’d like to say that getting the hell away from Dr. T solved all my problems. Unfortunately, it didn’t. As soon as I got my wake-up call, I went immediately into full-blown Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. And boy, was that fun! I felt jumpy, panicky, anxious, depressed, had …
(Read The Search for Healing – Part 1) During that holiday season I hit bottom. Everything felt crazy—my mind, my body, the stuff with Dr. T… I had no idea what to do. I was at a complete loss, and apparently, no help was coming. I had to find a way to keep going. I …
A couple of months after Dr. T started having sex with me, my pelvis began to destabilize. Coincidence? I think not. There’s a little more to the story. First, I already had low back trouble. Nothing major, but I had some chronic weirdness and discomfort due to some disc trouble. And I had some other …